EP0204289A2 - Rotor à aimant permanent - Google Patents

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EP0204289A2
EP0204289A2 EP86107423A EP86107423A EP0204289A2 EP 0204289 A2 EP0204289 A2 EP 0204289A2 EP 86107423 A EP86107423 A EP 86107423A EP 86107423 A EP86107423 A EP 86107423A EP 0204289 A2 EP0204289 A2 EP 0204289A2
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Masataka Yahara
Goro Urayama
Yoshiomi Joujima
Hiroshi Sugai
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K1/00—Details of the magnetic circuit
    • H02K1/06—Details of the magnetic circuit characterised by the shape, form or construction
    • H02K1/22—Rotating parts of the magnetic circuit
    • H02K1/27—Rotor cores with permanent magnets
    • H02K1/2706—Inner rotors
    • H02K1/272—Inner rotors the magnetisation axis of the magnets being perpendicular to the rotor axis
    • H02K1/274—Inner rotors the magnetisation axis of the magnets being perpendicular to the rotor axis the rotor consisting of two or more circumferentially positioned magnets
    • H02K1/2753—Inner rotors the magnetisation axis of the magnets being perpendicular to the rotor axis the rotor consisting of two or more circumferentially positioned magnets the rotor consisting of magnets or groups of magnets arranged with alternating polarity
    • H02K1/278—Surface mounted magnets; Inset magnets

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  • the present invention relates to a rotor which has a plurality of permanent magnets on the peripheral surface of a rotary shaft.
  • a rotor having permanent magnets as shown in Fig. 14 has been known from the official gazette of Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 58-123355.
  • a rotary shaft 1 illustrated here presents a sectional shape orthogonal to the lengthwise direction thereof, having a plurality of circular-arc portions 3 - 6 which center round the rotation axis 2 of the rotary shaft 1, and rectilinear portions 7 - 10 which connect the adjacent circular-arc portions 3 and 4, 4 and 5, 5 and 6, and 6 and 3 with straight lines having no bent part, respectively.
  • Permanent magnets 11 - 14 equal in number to the circular-arc portions 3 - 6 are fixed in opposition to only the rectilinear portions 7 - 10, respectively.
  • the rotor of the above structure is easier of working for preventing the permanent magnets 11 - 14 from turning relative to the rotation axis against torques which act on the magnets.
  • the present invention has for its object to further improve the rotor disclosed in the aforementioned official gazette of Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 58-123355 and to provide a rotor which can increase an output per unit volume.
  • a rotary shaft presents a sectional shape orthogonal to the lengthwise direction thereof, having a plurality of circular-arc portions which center round the axis of the rotary shaft, and rectilinear portions which connect the adjacent circular-arc portions with straight lines having no bent part.
  • Respective permanent magnets equal in number to the circular-arc portions are fixed in close contact or at uniform intervals while extending over the circular-arc portions and the rectilinear portions.
  • the surface of each of the permanent magnets remote from the rotary shaft presents a sectional contour orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of the rotary shaft. forming a circular arc which juts out.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates four poles.
  • Numeral 1 designates a rotary shaft, and numeral 2 the rotation axis of the rotary shaft.
  • the rotary shaft 1 presents a sectional contour orthogonal to the lengthwise direction thereof, having circular-arc portions 3 - 6 which are equal in number to the poles and which center round the axis 2, and rectilinear portions 7 - 10 which connect the adjacent circular-arc portions 3 and 4, 4 and 5, 5 and 6, and 6 ani 3 with straight lines having no bent portion, respectively.
  • Permanent magnets 11 - 14 are disposed in the same number as that of the poles, and each of these pe-manent magnets is fixed to two of the circular-arc portiens and the rectilinear portion between these two circslar- arc portions in close contact or at a uniform interval.
  • the permanent magnet 11 is fixed to the two circular-arc portions 3, 4 and the rect linear protion 7 between them by the use of an adhesive not hown, while the permanent magnet 12 is fixed to the two ircular- arc portions 4, 5 and the rectilinear portion 8 be ween them by the use of the adhesive not shown.
  • the permanent magnets 11 and 13 are so magneti:ed that their outer peripheral surfaces exhibit S-pole, and the permanent magnets 12 and 14 are so magnetized that their outer peripheral surfaces exhibit N-poles.
  • the adjacent permanent magnets 11 and 12, 12 and 13, 13 and 14, and 14 and 11 are bonded, desirably through members of a nonmagnetic material 15.
  • the center of a circle formed by the outer peripheries of the permanent magnets 11 - 14 lies on the axis 2.
  • a binder 16 is wound round the circle formed by the outer peripheries of the permanent magnets 11 - 14.
  • Centrifugal forces acting on the permanent magnets 11 - 14 are countered with the binder 16 and the adhesive interposed between the rotary shaft 1 and the respective permanent magnets 11 - 14, and torque reactions are parried with the rectilinear portions 7 - 10 of the rotary shaft 1.
  • a magnetic flux distribution based on the permanent magnets 11 - 14 approximates to a sinusoidal wave. It is well known as to rotary electric machines that the magnetic flux distribution close to the sinusoidal wave is desirable when the enhancement of a precise control or the reduction of noise or vibrations is intended.
  • a magnetic flux density to be established by the permanent magnets 11 - 14 is determined by the properties of materials and the operating point of a magnetic circuit including the permanent magnets.
  • the operating point is given as the intersection point between a demagnetization curve and a straight line whose gradient is a permeance coefficient.
  • the permeance coefficient becomes large in the middle part of great thickness L M and becomes small in the end part of small thickness L M '.
  • the flux density B 1 of the middle part becomes higher than that B 2 of the end part as illustrated in Fig. 3.
  • the magnetic flux waveform which is established by a magnet of uniform thickness becomes a rectangle with somewhat rounded shoulders as shown at I in Fig. 4 because some flux leaks at the end parts of a pole.
  • a magnetic flux waveform having a high middle part as shown at II in Fig. 4 is obtained owing to the difference of the permeance coefficients mentioned above.
  • the broken line II is closer to a sinusoidal wave than the solid line I. That is, according to the present embodiment, the ratio of fundamental wave/total effective value is great, so that a rotary electric machine of high utilization factor of the magnetic flux and good controllability can be fabricated.
  • a horizontal axis H in Fig. 3 indicates the electromotive force
  • numeral 19 in Fig. 2 indicates an armature slot.
  • FIG. 5 An embodiment in Fig. 5 is an example wherein the difference of the thicknesses is more enlarged to bring the magnetic flux waveform still closer to the sinusoidal wave as shown at III in Fig. 4.
  • Numeral 23 designates a compound, and numeral 16 a binder.
  • a demagnetizing field in this operation arises in a deceleration mode in which a torque reverse to the direction of rotation is produced, and it becomes great near the middle of a pole and small at the end part thereof.
  • the permanent magnet is so shaped as to be thick at the middle part of the pole and thin at the end parts, a high demagnetization yield strength can be attained without increasing the volume considerably.
  • Fig. 8 shows an example wherein a rotary shaft 1 is prevented from turning by means of a key 21 and wherein the outer surface of a snugly-fitted boss 20 is provided with circular-arc portions 3 - 6 and rectilinear portions 7 - 10.
  • Fig. 9 shows an example wherein small-dianeter circular-arc portions indicated at numerals 3 - 6 are connected by gentle curve portions 7 - 10 which are gentler in curvature than the small-diameter circular-arc portions.
  • FIG. 10 An example in Fig. 10 is advantageous when a ermanent- magnet rotary electric machine is rotated in the mode of a D.C. machine, namely, as a no-commutator moter.
  • a vector diagram in the case of the D.C. machine s shown in Fig. 12.
  • the magnetic field of a stator is controlled so as to shift by 90 ° in terms of an electrical angle from the magnetic field of a rotor as illustrated in Fig. 11. Therefore, a demagnetizing field becomes great at the end parts of a pole and small at the middle part thereof contrariwise to the mode of the synchronous motor described before. Accordingly, when the magnet is so shaped that the end parts of the pole are thicker as shown in Fig.
  • each of the permanent magnets 11 - 14 is fixed to two rectilinear portions and a circular-arc portion located between them.
  • Fig. 13 shows an example wherein small-diameter circular-arc portions indicated at numerals 3 - 6 are connected by gentle curve portions 7 - 10 which are gentler in curvature than the small-diameter circular-arc portions.

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JP60120404A JPH0824413B2 (ja) 1985-06-05 1985-06-05 永久磁石を有する回転子
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